Collapsible table.



' Nm 616,258. PATBNTBD MAR. 27, 1905.

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GOLLAPSIBLE TABLE.

' APPLICATION FILED DBO. 1.2. 1904.

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Patented March 27,1906. l

Application filed December l2, 504. Serial No. 236.445.

Be it known that I, CHARLES Il. Srinroox, l a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort lluron, in the county oi" (flair and S-.ate of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Collapsible Table, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of tables in which the legs can be folded up against the top; and the objects of my impairments are to provide a table of this kind in which the legs may be freely moved io an y desired position and there locked in position, to provide a table of this kind in which all the legs may be locked at any desired angle by the movement of a single handle, and to prosiniple, easily locked, and unlocked. I attain. these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 is a side view of a table especially adapted for paper-hangers, which table is provided with my iinproved folding legs. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the locking means. Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 is a side view of a table in which all the ivots of the four legs have the sanie central ine. Figs. 6 to 11, inclusive, are details of the locking means. Fig. 12 is a modified forni ofthis lock.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Collapsible tables are of great utility be cause of the ease with which they may be moved from place to place and on account of the small space they occupy when folded up but the satisfactory table of t-his kind must be so constructed that the legs may be set at any angle, so that the height ofthe table may be varied, and the joints of the legs should be as strong. and permanent as the legs themselves.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I have shown a light strong long narrow table, which has a top 1, to the under side of which are secured the cross-pieces 2. Side pieces 3 along the edges of the top extend from one outer cross-piece to the other( Light steel rods 4 extend along the lower edges of these side pieces, their screw-threaded ends passing through the angie-irons 5, which* bear .against the outer cross-pieces. By tightening the nuts on the ends of these rods they, together with the side pieces 3, form trusses which give the table-t op great rigidity and strength.

Secured ,lo the outer cross-pieces are vthe brach s o. which are provided with rings ,of

n t radial tfet h 7. The tube S extends between each pair of brackets and. holds them the con' rer. distance a iart. rod t) enit-ends through this tubo and the brackets anden it near its ends are journaled the plates lll, each-'provided with a ring of radial teeth 1 1. One

end ol this rod is screw-threaded, and onit is- ;crfwred the washer l2.

the torni or an t This er lies between two jaws 15 on oneof the pla-es l0 or on a washer 16, secured to the plate. In the depression between the force the teeth apart. The legs 18,a r e sc cnred to the plates 10 and are connectedby rounds 19, the distance between the upper:v

rounds and the rings of teeth beingsuflicient to permit the legs to spring out sufficiently to disengage the `teeth. .The throw ofthe cani-lever is greater than twice the depth, of the teeth. The washer 12 can be screwed on or oli' for the purpose of adjustment.` By swinging/the. cani-lever out at rightv angles the springs are permitted to force the rings of teeth out of engagement, so that vthe legs may be positioned at the desired a-ngle. rI`he' lever is then brought to the position shown in the iigures, when all the parts will be locked.

For small tables that are nearly equal in length and width and for drafting-boards it is often desirable that the legs be secured at or near the middle of the top. In the modiiication shown in Figs. 4 to .11, inclusive, 21 is thel This is unnecessary on the table of Figs. 1 tol 3, as there the rod always turnswith the legs. Springs 29 are placed in the dev ressions between the rings- Aof" teeth to,l orce theni apart. Each rod is intended to pull its respective plate and ring of teeth into engagement with the outer ring of teeth of its bracket. Each of the inner plates and its,

The other end is inl c, through which passes the pir 13, on which is pivoted the cain-lever fs of teeth of tht` plates and their respec. c brackets are springs 17, which tend to= Two brackets 23, provided With IOO After v'adj 11st-, l

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